tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961631472437694642.post8226697219333115554..comments2008-07-16T22:51:55.547ZMichelle Gallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409785913634555395michelle.gallen@gmail.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961631472437694642.post-1313180964438123172008-07-16T22:51:00.000Z2008-07-16T22:51:00.000ZThis is a good site, but I personally am a huge fan of Graspr. It stands out in the how-to video crowd and just had a launch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961631472437694642.post-25404947023594696852008-02-07T16:44:00.000Z2008-02-07T16:44:00.000ZI was having another think about short video clips and e-learning last night. I realised that I don't use video for personal learning because I can't speed through the content. Give me a text and graphics page, and within a few seconds I'll have scanned the content and I'll have made a snap judgement on quality and usefulness - if it's useful, I'll read it again, more slowly. But video frustrates me. I can't speed through it in a way that makes sense to me. I can't judge the quality. So when I viewed the 'how to extend our ipod battery life' on howcast.com I was hugely disappointed by the content - it taught me nothing new, and I wasted time in having to view it in real-time. If it had been a text page, I could've moved on in seconds (and not resented the information).<BR/><BR/>But this is another post I think! Chris I checked out your <A HREF="http://www.equixotic.com/2008/02/06/elearning-is-selling/" REL="nofollow">latest post</A> and agree with your views on Apple ads as sexy, minimalist e-learning - I've often thought the same of Mr Jobs' presentations - engaging, concise, interesting. However, for those 30 seconds of loveliness huge amounts of time and effort are spent.<BR/><BR/>So does this come down to quality assurance? I know apple ads and products will be slick and good. How will howcast.com, videojug.com and the rest assure me that in their thousands of clips, I will meet with the quality I want?<BR/><BR/>Anna thanks for the info on the 5min's Smart Player - must go check out the zoom and slo-mo features. The creation and use of non-linear video for learning is currently eating up lots of space in my head at the moment...now that's truely interesting - and yet another post bubbling away!Michelle Gallenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14409785913634555395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961631472437694642.post-75473866129463432622008-02-06T21:26:00.000Z2008-02-06T21:26:00.000ZI agree regarding the slick design (I guess you can take the boy out of Google but not take the Google out of Jason Liebman...), but about the player - it just looks like an advanced rip-off of 5min's Smart Player, which also enabled the very same zoom and slo-mo features, only long before Howcast.<BR/><BR/>I like the new site for its entertainment value, but having such a mass of professionally produced content lacks a personal touch and feel, and has also been done before (and perhaps on some topics even better) by Expert Village and VideoJug.<BR/><BR/>I'm waiting to see how they fare.Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3961631472437694642.post-42492991699463292072008-02-06T21:08:00.000Z2008-02-06T21:08:00.000ZGreat post, Michelle. Howcast looks interesting - I'll check it out.<BR/><BR/>The future of eLearning has arrived, and this is what it looks like. I've been thinking (and commenting) a lot recently about the push by companies to use eLearning as sales tools. It's about time.<BR/><BR/>http://www.equixotic.comChris @ eQuixotichttp://www.equixotic.comnoreply@blogger.com